All-out Resources Being Utilize To Eliminate Polio: Commissioner

QUETTA, Jan 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Jan, 2017 ) : The Commissioner Quetta Division Amjad Ali Khan has said that the provincial government and district administration is utilizing all resources to eradicate polio virus from the province.

He said this during monitoring on going polio campaign in the city on Tuesday.

"The polio virus would be eliminated through cooperation of citizens including scholars, tribal leaders, political leaders, parents and civil society", he added.

He said that about 1345 teams were formed for polio campaign to administer anti-polio drops to children under the age of five in the province. "Security measures were also strengthened to ensure protection of polio teams in drive in the respective areas", he added.

He urged the parents to cooperate with polio teams in order to administer polio drops to their children and adding that no child under the age of five would be left without administering of ant-polio drops.